Improvement in ice-pitchers



J. B. COX.

Ice-Pitchers. A No.150,227.` Patented Apri|28,1874..

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l Per @ff/ UNITED STATES PATENT OEEICEo JOSEPH B. COX, OF MOUNT LAURELNEW JERSEY.

IMPROVEMENT IN ICE-PITCHERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 150,227, dated April 28, 1874; application tiled February 21, 1874.

To all whom it may concern.:

Be it known that I, J OSEPHB. COX, of Mount Laurel, in the county of Burlington and State of N ew Jersey, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Ice-Pitchers, ot' which the following is a speciication:

Ice-pitchers constructed of metal have been provided with an annular flange, forming a gutter around the base to receive the water accumulated by condensation of the moisture ot' the air on the sides or body of the pitcher.

a side view of the pitcher with a part ot' the sponge-box broken away. Fig. 2 is a horizontal section of Fig. 1, taken on the line w x.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

A is an earthenpitcher, which is made of any desired form or size. Around the outside and at the bottom of l this pitcher I form` a channel, B, of suicient width and depth to catch the Water which drips from the sides. This channel connects at one or both ends with the sponge-box O. D represents a piece of sponge, which absorbs the. water which enters the sponge-box. This sponge may be removed occasionally and squeezed out and replaced. This channel gives a broader base to the pitcher than it would otherwise have. The sponge-box catches the drip from the spout when the water is poured out, so th at the spread or cover is always kept dry and nice.

With this construction and the provision of' a sponge or like absorbent, the water accumulating in the gutter will be taken up by the sponge, so that it cannot. be spilled in handling the pitcher, as it would be liable to be it' allowed to remain in the gutter. The sponge is also always conveniently at hand ior absorbing water spilled in pouring the water from the pitcher into glasses, or for other like purposes.

Vhat I cla-im is- The icc-pitcher provided with the box or cup C, for containing spongel or like absorbent, and the gutter B, communicating therewith and extending around the base of the pitcher, as shown and described, to operate as specified.'

JOSEPH B. COX. Witnesses:

WILLIAM I. BROWN, J osHUA FRENCH. 

